Paulie Malignaggi on Saturday’s bout with Zab Judah: “Back in the Roman times, you never knew who you fought, but you fought to the death. Sometimes, you probably did have to fight your friend and it was either him or you.”

Paulie Malignaggi says he is motivated to defeat Zab Judah, despite the fact that the Brooklyn natives are friends. Malignaggi and Judah headline a Showtime-televised card at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Saturday.

Devon Alexander’s trainer Kevin Cunningham: “Shawn Porter is going to find out that he’s in way out of his league and that they bit off more than they can chew. That’s going to be crystal clear on Dec. 7.”

IBF welterweight titleholder Devon Alexander defeated Shawn Porter once when they were amateurs, but says that he will be more dominant over his former rival when they meet as pros on Dec. 7 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.

Juan Manuel Marquez said he was “scared of the judges more than” Tim Bradley during the post-fight press conference for their WBO welterweight title bout that Bradley won by split decision on Saturday in Las Vegas.

IBF welterweight beltholder Devon Alexander said that he wants “to send a statement to everybody at 147″ that he’s “a force to be reckoned with” by defeating Lee Purdy on Saturday, perhaps by knockout.

Trainer Kevin Cunningham on Devon Alexander: “I’ll be sitting down with Al [Haymon] to figure out what the next move is, but if we have to fight our mandatory, which is [Kell] Brook? No problem, and that’s basically me letting the IBF know.”

Tim Bradley on Manny Pacquiao: “I wanted to be able to beat him convincingly without any controversy. That’s all that I wanted…I wanted another opportunity to silence all of the critics, and all of the world to show that I’m one of the best fighters in the world.”